Understand spoken French

Words by frequency

The following shows a list of all the words on the site ordered by the number of times they appear in the sample sentences. So, for example, if a word happens to turn up in 50 of our example sentences, then it will appear higher up than a word which only appears in 10 of our example sentences. The number of example sentences in which a particular word appears is also shown. By clicking on a word you can see a list of all the example sentences in which that word appears. Note that this Lingopolo frequency table is not likely to give the same results as a scientific study based on millions and millions of sentences: the Lingopolo frequency is only based on the sentences on Lingopolo. For practical purposes though, the Lingopolo approximation is good enough to ensure that words are learnt in approximately the most useful order.
Rank Recording English French Examples count Learn
1121
hear; am hearing

entends

2
1122
gravity

gravité

2
1123
cause

cause

2
1124
ticket (bus, metro, tram)

ticket

2
1125
dice

dés

2
1126
bar; pub

bar

2
1127
marine (feminine)

marine

2
1128
lied (masculine singular)

menti

2
1129 student (female)

étudiante

2
1130
see; are seeing (1st person plural)

voyons

2
1131
petanque

pétanque

2
1132
excellent (feminine singular)

excellente

2
1133
lake

lac

2
1134
arrive; are arriving

arrivent

2
1135
dairy (from the word for cream)

crèmerie

2
1136
brand

marque

2
1137
false; fake (feminine singular)

fausse

2
1138
winter

hiver

2
1139
camel

chameau

2
1140
Céline (girl’s name)

Céline

2
1141
thing

chose

2
1142
to sleep

dormir

2
1143
shores; coasts

côtes

2
1144
farms

fermes

2
1145
sell; are selling (1st person plural)

vendons

2
1146
to complete

compléter

2
1147
thick (feminine singular)

épaisse

2
1148
to solve

résoudre

2
1149
March

mars

2
1150
N

N

2
1151
dragon

dragon

2
1152
portuguese (feminine)

portugaise

2
1153
disaster; catastrophe

catastrophe

2
1154
kittens

chatons

2
1155
poisonous; venomous (masculine)

venimeux

2
1156
in a hurry (feminine singular)

pressée

2
1157
bat

chauve-souris

2
1158
strawberries

fraises

2
1159
advertising

publicitaire

2
1160
war

guerre

2